Music Lists Are Us: Favorite '00s Songs by Year, with brief comments
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My Favorite Songs From The '00s by Year with brief comments
2000
Smile by The Jayhawks (mixing their alt-country sound with power-pop)
By Your Side by Sade' (considered one of the best love songs ever; many cover versions, too)
You're an Ocean by Fastball (I listened to it again today; It still sounds fresh and fun)
Si Te Vas by Shakira (I.Q. of 140, sings, dances, writes songs; quadruple threat?)
Bohemian Like You by The Dandy Warhols (I fell in love with this one from film doc.; Dig, in '04)
Riding With The King by B.B. King & Eric Clapton (1983 John Hiatt song he rewrote for this collab)
Farmhouse by Phish (from my favorite Phish album; I really like the whole disc)
Maria Maria by Santana & The Product G&B ("Smooth" got hype, but this might be even better)
I Try by Macy Gray
Red Vines by Aimee Mann (fave song from the album rated 28th best of the decade by Metacritic)
The Crystal Lake by Grandaddy
Steal My Kisses by Ben Harper
Letter From an Occupant by New Pornographers
Again by Lenny Kravitz
Too Soon Gone by Jules Shear
2001
Zak & Sara by Ben Folds
Fallin' by Alicia Keys (brilliant debut single was a top 3 hit all over the world)
Flowers in the Window by Travis
Whenever, Wherever by Shakira
O Divina by Terence Trent D'arby
Ordinary Dream by Electric Light Orchestra
God Save Us All by Lenny Kravitz
I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll by Gillian Welch
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum by Bob Dylan
Survivor by Destiny's Child
New Slang by The Shins
Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Lil' Kim and Mya
2002
Don't Give Up On Me by Solomon Burke (the title song from the Grammy award winning album)
Do You Realize? By The Flaming Lips
Objection (Tango) by Shakira
We Are All Made Of Stars by Moby
If I Could Fall in Love by Lenny Kravitz
Humpty Dumpty by Aimee Mann
What a Wonderful World by Joey Ramone
Done Gone Blue by Los Lobos
Mountain Top by Toshi Reagon
Lost Cause by Beck
Steve McQueen by Sheryl Crow
How Come You Don't Call Me by Alicia Keys
The Game of Love by Santana & Michelle Branch
2003
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Hey Ya by Outcast
B.P.D. by Over the Rhine
Andromeda & the Milky Way by Meshell Ndegeocello
Fighting in a Sack by The Shins
When I See You by Macy Gray
Young Liars by TV on the Radio
Waitin' on a Sunny Day by Bruce Springsteen (the Boss writes a pop song, and it's really good)
Stronger Than Me by Amy Winehouse
No Letting Go by Wayne Wonder
Fire Island by Fountains of Wayne (just one of the many great songs on this album)
Love Song #2 by Meshell Ndegeocello
Carmine Street by Kaki King
Dead Smile by Matthew Sweet
From Blown Speakers by New Pornographers
Superstar by Ruben Studdard
2004
She Has No Time by Keane
There Will Be A Light by Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama
They by Jem
If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys
Heaven by Los Lonely Boys
You're Not Sorry by Matthew Sweet
Hello Stranger by Queen Latifah
Heaven Help Us All by Ray Charles & Gladys Knight
Fill It Up Again by Indigo Girls
Jockey Full of Bourbon by Los Lobos
Two Thousand Places by The Polyphonic Spree
California by Lenny Kravitz
Falling Upstairs by Fastball
2005
It's All In My Mind by Teenage Fanclub
Positivity by Stevie Wonder & Aisha Morris
I'm Feeling You by Santana & Michelle Branch
Bleeding Heart Show by New Pornographers
La Tortura by Shakira & Alejandro Sanz
22 Hours by Toshi Reagon
First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes
What Good Am I by Solomon Burke
Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple
Wraith Pinned to the Mist by Of Montreal
If Your Love Cannot Be Moved by Stevie Wonder & Kim Burrell
Landed by Ben Folds
Pure Gold by Earth Wind & Fire
2006
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Waiting On The World To Change by John Mayer
Blame It On The Rain by Sam Moore & Fantasia
Illegal by Shakira & Carlos Santana
Black Horse & The Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall
Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae
Rehab by Amy Winehouse
White & Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic
Etude by Puffy Amiyumi
The Sharpest Thorn by Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Steady As She Goes by The Raconteurs
Can I Get A Witness by The Temptations
I See The Rain by Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
2007
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
No One by Alicia Keys
Energy by Apples in Stereo
In the Colors by Ben Harper
Gone, Gone, Gone by Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
Someone to Love by Fountains of Wayne
Billy 1 by Los Lobos
Edith and the Kingpin by Herbie Hancock & Tina Turner
Amor Gitano by Beyonce & Alejandro Fernandez
The Fragile Army by Polyphonic Spree
Sing by Annie Lennox, Madonna, et al
I'll Be Waiting by Lenny Kravitz
Funnyman by KT Tunstall
Whatever Gets You Through the Night by Los Lonely Boys
Mutiny I Promise You by New Pornographers
2008
Electric Feel by MGMT
If You Want It by Lenny Kravitz
You Are Free by Mates of State
Superwoman by Alicia Keys
Loving You Always by Los Lonely Boys
Mercy by Duffy
Festival by Sigur Ros
Who's Gonna Save My Soul by Gnarls Barkley
Despedida by Shakira
Tell Me by Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
In My Arms by Teddy Thompson
You Don't Know Me by Ben Folds & Regina Spektor
Let the Good Times Roll by Brad Paisley & B.B. King
2009
Lisztomania by Phoenix
Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) by A.R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger
Wait Til You See Me Smile by Alicia Keys
Este Seu Olhar by Diana Krall
Warm Heart of Africa by The Very Best & Ezra Koenig
Mono to Stereo by Fastball
The Hard Way by Phantom Limb
Love You by Maxwell
Linda Linda by MxPx
Mi Plan by Nelly Furtado & Alex Cuba
Love is the Answer (Hindi version) by Weezer & Amrita Sen
The Long and Winding Road by Ruben Studdard
New York by Paloma Faith
Not in Nottingham by Los Lobos
21 Guns by Green Day